The #MeToo movement has shaken a number of industries including Hollywood in recent years, but the world of popular music has mostly shied from embracing the crusade. But for some people — many of them black women — it’s time for Kelly to face the music. “Ever since enslavement there’s been a way people have tried to justify violence against black women, particularly sexual violence,” she said. “They use characterizations of black women as hypersexual to explain how black women are treated.”The situation is complicated further because Kelly, like many of his victims, is also black, she said. Some influential figures in music including Charlie Walk, former head of Republic Records, and rap mogul Russell Simmons left their posts after multiple allegations.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 05:15 UTC